The minute he went missing

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Once when my sister, my new friend and I were shopping for clothes in a small clothing outlet in China, Lucas went missing for a few seconds.
The three of us were stationed in the north, south-west and south-east sections of [...]

To leash or not to leash?

Now that he’s SO active and running around as fast as the wind, you’ll understand my thoughts about wanting to get one of these:

I know a particular brand of leashes that has a cute backpack instead of a harness and your kid looks less like an “animal”. The concept is still the same - your [...]

The Negotiator

Eyeing the can of prunes at the top of the fridge…
Lucas: Puh…puh
Me: Prunes? It’s near dinner time already…Mummy give you one.
Lucas: Two!
Me: One! (glaring at him)
Lucas: Two! (with thumb and finger extended)
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Checking out the beads of the wooden Imaginarium abacus he received from my elder sister for Christmas…
Lucas: Purple!
Younger sister: That’s not purple, it’s pink!
Lucas: Purple!
Younger [...]

23 months old - I can communicate!

I was particularly vigilant over him this month as there were so many changes in his life recently:

Papa’s disappearing acts every other month since June 07
his transfer from babysitter’s to Grandma’s since August 07 - on the one hand, he avoids HFMD but on the other hand, he’s also lost his little playmates and DISCIPLINE
moving [...]

Who says boys can’t play dress-up?

Friend, Romans, countrymen…lend me your eyes! As I am absolutely jealous (I think Mum is too) of the little girls looking all cutesy and pretty in their Mummy’s clothes, I decided it’s the little men did something.
Grabbing Grandma’s batik housecoat, I first draped it on Mummy to see if it’ll look good on her. Nah…orange isn’t [...]

The Playgroup - wall painting session

I was dithering on whether to attend the playgroup session or not as:

I was tired out from a lunch date with my Indian neighbour yesterday and
the hosting Mum’s house is very far - imagine Green Lane to Batu Ferringhi. To save on taxi cost, I planned to take a bus to the ferry and then [...]